Five Records: A Music Exploration Series with The Gaslamp Killer

Over four evenings, The Gaslamp Killer invites us into his record collection and his memory — tracing connections between genres, eras, and the sounds that shaped him. From Italian soundtracks to British library music, and psych rock to trip-hop that inform his work as both a recording artist and archivist, each night unfolds as a journey through sound, story, and history.

For our second volume, GLK turns his focus eastward into the Turkish, Arabic, and global rhythms at the core of his musical DNA. He guides the evening through essential records from Les Mogol, Zafer Dilek, Ananda Shankar, Elias Rahbani, Gabor Szabo, and Sven Wunder, artists who expanded the exchange between Eastern and Western sound worlds.

The session explores the lineage of Western musicians absorbing and reinterpreting Eastern modalities. The Beatles and the sitar. John Mahavishnu McLaughlin and jazz fusion. Gabor Szabo and modal improvisation. The psych leaning grooves of Dungen, Khruangbin, and Sven Wunder. Together they show how global sounds evolve through new hands and eras.

The evening includes:

• Intro to genre, context and key figures

• Five Records, deep listening

• Behind the Beat, sampling and reimagining

• Interpolation, GLK reworks these sounds live

• Spotlight on a contemporary artist

Sound design by Common Wave Hi Fi.

To make table & dinner reservations email pablo@thebutchersdaughter.com

All guests in your party must have a ticket to the event.